Three injured in Antarctic chopper landing

Three Australians have been injured in a helicopter emergency landing in Antarctica.

The pilot and two passengers were injured when the chopper landed 150 nautical miles from Australia's Davis station early on Sunday night.

They were returning from a mission to survey a penguin colony near the Amery ice shelf, the Australian Antarctic Division said in a statement on Monday.

"The helicopter was travelling in tandem with a second helicopter which immediately set down and assisted the injured," it said.

The pilot and passenger on the second helicopter were caring for the injured until additional medical support could be flown into the area and a recovery operation mounted, the division said.

"Reports from the incident site are that all are warm and safe and that communication is being maintained with Davis station."

"Everyone's warm, everybody's well attended to, there's a field training officer who's got extensive wilderness first aid skills down there so they are very well attended to," a division spokeswoman told AAP.